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I learned about prehabilitation while preparing for a presentation I was doing on discharge teaching of the new ostomate. During this time I became acutely aware that teaching ostomy care in the hospital is really not feasible, hence the concept of teaching ostomy care before a planned ostomy surgery came to mind. In researching this …

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This is such an important topic that is often overlooked upon discharge, if you are putting out more than 1200 mL you need to rehydrate with electrolyte fluids – recommend 50/50 Water/Gatorade. Your body needs salts and electrolytes. Water alone actually causes more output due to hyperosmolarity.